Wrapping or toilet paper roll



(No Model.)

s WEEELEE WRAPPING OR TOILET PAPER ROLL.

No. 454,316. Patented June 16,1891.

Witnesses %M @ZW XW Q M UNTTnn STATEs PATENT FFICE.

SETH \VIIEELER, ()F ALBANY, NEV YORK.

WRAPPING OR TOILET PAPER RO LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,316, dated June 16,1891. Application filed July 22, 1889 Serial No. 318,199. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH IVHEELER, of the city of Albany, in the Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Vrapping or Toilet Paper Rolls, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

Myinvention consists, principally, in a co1nbination of two or morerolls of toilet or wrapping paper upon a common center, from whichsheets may be drawn alternately, the pulling off of a sheet from oneroll serving to advance the other roll to a position in which anothersheet may be readily grasped when another piece of paper is required,and the latter in its turn to advance the roll from which the firstsheet was drawn, and so on until the rolls are used up. Thiscombination, which I term a composite roll, consists of two or morerolls of paper arranged upon a common center and united in such mannerthat, n10- t-ion being imparted to one by a pull on one end of thepaper, both rolls will move simultaneously and in unison. The uniting ofthe ends of two or more rolls to accomplish this result may be done invarious ways. In the description and drawings I explain several methodsof uniting the ends of the rolls, any one of which is eifective,buttheinvention is not limited to any one. The objectis to produce acomposite roll, so called, consisting of two or more rolls on the samecenter or axis, from which the paper maybe alternately drawn, the endsof the paper being always left the one in advance of the other, and apull on the paper by the hand enables the' user always withdraw a sheetwithout manipulating the fixture with the other hand.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of a fixture, the back beingremoved, showing a composite roll composed of two rolls and the cuttingmechanism of the fixture or cabinet. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken onthe line 00 a: of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3is a sectional plan View taken in the line 1 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is aperspective view of the composite roll having connecting interlockingedges removed from the fixture but of reduced size. Fig. 5 is aperpective view of the composite roll, showing an incised line ofdivision of the different members.

a a are the two rolls forming the composite roll held in the frame Z) ofthe fixture on the rod 0 0. Above this composite roll is a cuttingmechanism constructed as follows: Two measuririg-cylinders (Z (Z arejournaled at e (1. 011 these measuring-cylinders are knives or cuttersff.

g g are counter-rollers placed immediately beneath themeasuring-cylinders and contaming-grooves 7t 7t, into which the knives ff pass on the severance of sheets of paper.

These n1easuring-cylinders and couuter-rollers are so geared togetherthat the measuring-cylinders will make one revolution to thecounter-rollers two, and they move in unison and so that when the knifef has passed into the groove h of the roller g, and thereby sevcred asheet of paper, the knife f of the other measuring-cylinder (Z will behalf-way in its revolution, and thereby be advancing paper from roll ofpaper a, ready to be taken hold of by the hand and be pulled around sothat the knife 7" will complete its revolution by being brought into thegroove 71, and thus cause the severance of a sheet of paper from roll a.It is obvious that the knife f on measuringcylinder (1 will then havereached its greatest distance from the roll g, and thus have unwound asufiicient amount of paper, so that the end of the paper from the roll acan be grasped by the hand until it is severed by the knife f". The endsof the paper from the rolls a a pass up, respectively, to and betweenthe measuring-cylinders (Z g and d g.

11 is the end of the papereoming from roll a, and, as shown in thedrawings, the paper is about half-way advanced and ready to be pulledforward by the hand to get a sufficient amount for severance. Theposition of the knife f is therefore at the farthest point away from theroller g, and will advance as the end of the sheet '1; is pulled untilthe sheet is severed. By that time the end 2" of the roll a will haveassumed the same position, also the knife f, so that the end t" can thenbe pulled, and thus make the measuring-cylinder (Z and knife f revolveand cause another sheet to be severed. It will thus be seen that a pullupon either sheet through the slots of the fixture wi 11 cause thecomposite roll to rotate; also the cylinders (Z d and counter-rollers gg.

In order to keep the paper from falling from between the rollersimmediately after separation of asheet and from buckling or rucking upas it is passing from the composite roll a a, I attach pressure-rollers7t 7a to the back of the fixture by means of steel springs Z l. Therollers 70 10 press onto the paper as it is passing between thecutting-cylinders d d and counter-rollers g g, and thus preserve asteady and sure delivery of the paper between these instrumentalitiesand out through the slots jj of the fixture.

To preserve a steady and even delivery of the paper from the compositerolls a a and to avoid any slacking of the paper in the roll during theoperation of the fixture, I make use of pressure-springs m m, attachedto the back of the fixture at one end and bearing onto the rolls ct a atthe other.

I11 the manufacture of the composite roll the inner ends of the Web mayfirst be secured to a straw-board or other suitable tube and then woundto the desired size, or the rolls may be first wound upon a removableshaft and the tube inserted and properly secured to the rolls after theremoval of the shaft, or the webs may be secured to and wound upon apermanent shaft and the shaft then attached to the fixture or cabinetwithout the use of the tube. I, however, prefer the use of the tube asamore economical construction.

I may observe that in the manufacture of this composite roll the webforming the same may be wound from rolls of the width of the individualmembers composing them, or the web may be taken from a parent rollequalin width of web to that of the composite roll,the web being dividedinthe process of winding by rotary slitters in the usual manner.

of a straight line.

The composite roll may be formed as follows: by binding the ends of theseveral rolls firmly together by means of one central tube; by theapplication of a moderately-adhesive material to the abutting ends ofthe rolls; by interlocking the connecting edges of the members of thecomposite roll. This is done by dividing the web as it comes from theparent roll in a curved or waved line, Fig. 4, instead The effect iswhen so cut and rewound the edges of the rolls interlock in a veryeffective manner, avoiding thereby all possibility of slipping of theconvolutions upon each other and uniting the rolls firmly together. Anangular or zigzag line may be substituted for the curved one and willhave the same effect. Instead of a curved orwaved line a broken orincised line, as shown in Fig. 5, may be effected. In this case theconnection which unites the webs is so slight as to readily separate asthe web is unwound, yet quite sufficient in the aggregate to unite therolls and insure unity of movement.

It is obvious that the composite roll may be made by combining two ormore of the connecting means above noted, thereby insuring the mostperfect connection between the several rolls.

I claim- 1. A composite roll of wrapping or toilet paper the individualrolls of which are united substantially as described, whereby thedrawing off of the paper from either roll will unwind the paper of theother roll, as set forth.

2. A composite roll of wrapping or toilet paper the individual rolls ofwhich are united by the interlocking of their convolutions,substantially as described.

SE'III \VHEELER.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. KONVALINKA, J AMES OAVARD.

